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 This is only a problem when you don't settle debt in your own currency (The US does). 
 Ten trillion leaving the system is a big problem. 
 It's hard to find up to date data comparing what the US owes vs what it is owed but here is an old chart showing the US owed more than it owes.
https://www.titlemax.com/discovery-center/money-finance/debts-owed-by-the-us-and-owed-to-the-us/#:~:text=Then%20there%20are%20the%20countries,part%20of%20doing%20international%20business.

I believe this has reversed (though cannot directly confirm that) but the gap is not as large as you would think as almost all countries have seen their debt blow out.  the 32.8T is not a number once the debt owed to the US is removed, but you will be hard pressed to find a reference making that clear.  Nobody was saying the US was in the black in 2015 were they? 
 You’re missing the point.

In 12mo we have two options.

Let 10trillion roll off the balance sheet creating massive deflation, or print another 10 trillion.

Neither option is appealing but we know that when the gov’t has a chance to print, they will.

So, back to the most important question.

What plandemic is in the works and will be rolled out in 6mo? (Coinciding with elections…. 😳) 
 Needs to be scary and easily faked. A few localized, small but terrifying scenes. Natural disasters are not enough to convince us of climate change, right?  
 Small but terrifying won’t work.

Large and terrifying will.

Probably an alien attack that “forces us to spend a lot of money on DEI to fight off the aliens and build a Tranny Captain Planet.”